Trees for Sarasota

Thursday

In 2010, the city of Sarasota received a grant from the Division of Forestry for the continuation of the city's Green Canopy program, which was created to promote tree plantings in city rights of way.

With funds received from this grant, the city has planted a total of 81 trees along John Ringling Boulevard, between Washington Drive and Ben Franklin Drive, and in the medians on the southern side of the Lido Beach parking lot.

The city received funding assistance for this program through Florida Forest Health Improvement Initiative Grant funds provided by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry. These funds were American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds allocated to the Division of Forestry by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service. For further information regarding tree planting projects, please contact Neil Gaines at (941) 955-2325.

Neil Gaines

Public Works Department

City of Sarasota

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